Facts about HadesHades is the oldest male child of Cronus and Rhea. Cronus was the leader and youngest of the first generation of the Titans. Rhea is the Titaness daughter of Uranus. Hades has six siblings; Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hera and Chiron. According to the Greek myth, Hades, Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans and claimed ruler ship. Zeus is the "King of the Gods", God of the Sky, Thunder and Lightning and Law and Order and Justice. Poseidon is God of the Sea, Earthquakes and Horses, while Hades is the God of the Underworld. His three sisters, Demeter, Hestia and Hera are also popular Gods. Hesita is the Goddess of the Hearth, Hera is the "Queen of the Gods", Goddess of Marriage and Women and Birth and Demeter is the Goddess of the Earth, Agriculture, Harvest, and Forests. In the early stages of the Gods, before the children of Cronus and Rhea were born, Cronus was told that his children would overthrow him. In defense to save himself, Cronus swallowed them all as soon as they were born, since he had learned from Gaia and Uranus (The Primordial Beings of Earth and Sky) that he was destined to be overcome by his own son, Zeus. When Zeus was about to be born, Rhea sought Gaia to devise a plan to save him, so that Cronus would get his retribution for his acts against Uranus and his own children. Rhea gave birth to Zeus in Crete, handing Cronus a rock wrapped in swaddling clothes, which he promptly swallowed, saving Zeus. Thus, from all of this, Zeus had saved his brothers and sisters, overthrowing Cronus as Cronus was told he was going to do.
Hades consort, or wife, is Persephone. Persephone is the Queen of the Underworld and daughter of Demeter. Although, Persephone did not willingly marry Hades.Hades brother Zeus consented to the marriage, but warned Hades that Demeter would never approve. Demeter would not want her daughter spirited off to a sunless world. At Zeus's suggestion, or with his tacit understanding, Hades resolved to abduct the maiden. Persephone was gathering flowers one day on a plain in Sicily. Hades suddenly appeared, thundering across the plain in his four-horse chariot. The God came down upon Persephone, scooped her up with one arm and took her. Her mother, Demeter, had heard Persephone's screams when Hades grabbed her. She began an intensive search for Persephone.After learning how Zeus had betrayed their daughter, and consumed by grief and sorrow, Demeter demonstrated her outrage by withholding her blessing from the earth until Persephone was returned to her. Droughts ensued, and the earth lay barren. Mankind was facing a major famine. Zeus finally relented and sent the god Hermes to bring the young goddess Persephone back to her mother. Part of Persephone missed her mother horribly. While preparing to return to the earth with Hermes, Persephone accepted a pomegranate offered to her by Hades. Her choice prevented her from ever being fully restored to Demeter, but did open up the possibility of a compromise. Hermes was able to negotiate an agreement on her behalf between Hades and Demeter. Persephone would be allowed to stay with Hades in the underworld for four months each year (winter) and would return to the earth and her mother the remaining months. The goddess Persephone was soon reunited joyfully with her mother. Each year as Persephone left to join her husband in the underworld Demeter would begin to grieve, bringing on the cold, barren winters. But a few months later Persephone would return to bring spring and its verdant growth in her wake . . . Thus, the seasons were established. To many people, even to the say the word "Hades" was frightening. To spare themselves, they made up a euphemism. A euphemism is a word that meant the same thing, but with a more pleasant sound. The new name for Hades was Pluto, or Pluton. In the Underworld, there is no pain and no joy. It is silent. The dead appear as shadows and if touched, they appear to be as thin air. Hades also had various demonic helpers in the Underworld. They were Thanatos, Hypnos, Charon and his hound Cerberus. Thanatos was the personification of death, Hypnos was God of Sleep and Charon was the ferrymen who carries the souls of the newly deceased across the rivers of Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. Hades showed mercy only once in his life. Because the music of Orpheus was so hauntingly sad, he allowed him to bring back his wide Eurydice. Orpheus as not supposed to look at Eurydice until they had left the Land of the Dead, but he looked at her, causing him to lose her again.
This is Cerberus, Hades hound. Cerberus guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping.
Narcissus is a genus of mainly hardy, mostly spring-flowering. This is the flower Persephone plucked that brought her to Hades.
The Cap of Invisibility enables the user to hide from the eyes of other supernatural beings, functioning much like the cloud or mist that the gods surround themselves in to become undetectable. It is also known as the Cap of Hades, Helm of Hades, or Helm of Darkness. The Helm of Invisibility was created by the Uranian Cyclopes.
I choose my font and glitter text to represent Hades because it is dark, representing blood and death. The orange and yellow in the glitter text represents fire, another symbol leading to Hades. The music I had made in garage band symbolizes Hades because it has a eerie sound to it. It symbolizes hatred, death and even being frightened or scared, which all leads to Hades and how people feel of him.
Hades consort, or wife, is Persephone. Persephone is the Queen of the Underworld and daughter of Demeter. Although, Persephone did not willingly marry Hades.Hades brother Zeus consented to the marriage, but warned Hades that Demeter would never approve. Demeter would not want her daughter spirited off to a sunless world. At Zeus's suggestion, or with his tacit understanding, Hades resolved to abduct the maiden. Persephone was gathering flowers one day on a plain in Sicily. Hades suddenly appeared, thundering across the plain in his four-horse chariot. The God came down upon Persephone, scooped her up with one arm and took her. Her mother, Demeter, had heard Persephone's screams when Hades grabbed her. She began an intensive search for Persephone.After learning how Zeus had betrayed their daughter, and consumed by grief and sorrow, Demeter demonstrated her outrage by withholding her blessing from the earth until Persephone was returned to her. Droughts ensued, and the earth lay barren. Mankind was facing a major famine. Zeus finally relented and sent the god Hermes to bring the young goddess Persephone back to her mother. Part of Persephone missed her mother horribly. While preparing to return to the earth with Hermes, Persephone accepted a pomegranate offered to her by Hades. Her choice prevented her from ever being fully restored to Demeter, but did open up the possibility of a compromise. Hermes was able to negotiate an agreement on her behalf between Hades and Demeter. Persephone would be allowed to stay with Hades in the underworld for four months each year (winter) and would return to the earth and her mother the remaining months. The goddess Persephone was soon reunited joyfully with her mother. Each year as Persephone left to join her husband in the underworld Demeter would begin to grieve, bringing on the cold, barren winters. But a few months later Persephone would return to bring spring and its verdant growth in her wake . . . Thus, the seasons were established.
To many people, even to the say the word "Hades" was frightening. To spare themselves, they made up a euphemism. A euphemism is a word that meant the same thing, but with a more pleasant sound. The new name for Hades was Pluto, or Pluton.
In the Underworld, there is no pain and no joy. It is silent. The dead appear as shadows and if touched, they appear to be as thin air. Hades also had various demonic helpers in the Underworld. They were Thanatos, Hypnos, Charon and his hound Cerberus. Thanatos was the personification of death, Hypnos was God of Sleep and Charon was the ferrymen who carries the souls of the newly deceased across the rivers of Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. Hades showed mercy only once in his life. Because the music of Orpheus was so hauntingly sad, he allowed him to bring back his wide Eurydice. Orpheus as not supposed to look at Eurydice until they had left the Land of the Dead, but he looked at her, causing him to lose her again.
Ashley's Hades Dramatic Writing
I choose my font and glitter text to represent Hades because it is dark, representing blood and death. The orange and yellow in the glitter text represents fire, another symbol leading to Hades. The music I had made in garage band symbolizes Hades because it has a eerie sound to it. It symbolizes hatred, death and even being frightened or scared, which all leads to Hades and how people feel of him.
WORKS CITED:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades
http://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/Haides.html
http://www.infoplease.com/cig/mythology/hades-takes-wife-persephone.html
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hades.html
http://messagenetcommresearch.com/myths/bios/hades.html